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Windows 7: BOOTMGR not found after removing linux and merging partitions

Thanx for disk managment screenshot. Bootmanager and bootmenu are in RECOVERY partition (it's marked system).
You only have 1 physical harddisk. Still "BOOTMGR IS MISSING" when booting?
How exactly did you boot to win7??

I've been refreshing the page and never noticed there was a 2nd page, lol.

I had a USB with pmagic that i used. i went to extra boot features, loaded GRUB2, scanned for OS, and selected the one for windows, for some reason 2 appear on display. i select the 2nd one. As i was following all the bootsect and bootrec steps, i forgot to remove the USB and what happened was that it put a file called BCD in the USB. if i load the pc off the USB, it loads perfectly. That's how i got it on.

After changing the active partition, it boots without the USB. Almost as good as new. it just has a blinking underline on the top left for a split second and does take a tiny bit longer to load. but it works. Is it completely fixed now or are there a few more steps to take?

After changing the active partition, it boots without the USB. Almost as good as new. it just has a blinking underline on the top left for a split second and does take a tiny bit longer to load. but it works. Is it completely fixed now or are there a few more steps to take?

Only problem was: C was active partition! It said "missing bootmgr" all the time. Boot sequence is as follows (sort of):

Find harddisk

load sector 0 of harddisk, the bootcode (MBR)

bootcode searches for active partition and loads its bootsector and runs that code. (sector 0 of partition)

In that code is an instruction to run file bootmgr.

bootmgr loads file \boot\bcd the boot menu.

"bootmgr missing" means it fails in step 4!! Indeed C was ACTIVE and doesn't have bootmgr

boot using an usb stick with special bootcode works different of course. Most likely it scans all partitions for known files like bootmgr, grub and so on and jumps to it. Most likely bootrec and bootsect commands modified the usb stick.

I don't know who did make C ACTIVE (that's why partition RECOVERY became INACTIVE. Only 1 ACTIVE partition is allowed for each physical disk). Linux didn't touch RECOVERY and WIN7 partition (why should it). I think all is fine now

Thank you very much. Thanks to everyone else as well. Does anyone have any advise as to where i can learn more on repairing OS and software issues like this? Or just learn more in general? Super hard to locate study material for A+ so i'm stuck.

Actually, one small issue has come up that i just noticed. Now, when i open up "My computer", it shows a 2nd drive called D. the Recovery one. This was never up before i installed linux. i know it's the recovery one and would like for it to remain invisible except for when i have to reformat. any ideas?

Actually, one small issue has come up that i just noticed. Now, when i open up "My computer", it shows a 2nd drive called D. the Recovery one. This was never up before i installed linux. i know it's the recovery one and would like for it to remain invisible except for when i have to reformat. any ideas?

disk managment. Right click on the RECOVERY partition. Drive letter->remove
Is that what you mean?

Thank you very much. Thanks to everyone else as well. Does anyone have any advise as to where i can learn more on repairing OS and software issues like this? Or just learn more in general? Super hard to locate study material for A+ so i'm stuck.

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i needed some help in Disk Management. i have to merge two partitions- C(main-has Win 7) with D. The D partition is to the left of C partition. can anyone help as to how can i merge these two together. i have included the screenshot.